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This Thursday, 27 July, 20017 is Chökhor Düchen, Shakyamuni Buddha's First Turning of the Wheel. Please take time to practice for all beings. Merit is said to be multiplied 10,000,000 times on this day.

"Even if you practice only for an hour a day with faith and inspiration, good qualities will steadily increase. Regular practice makes it easy to transform your mind. From seeing only relative truth, you will eventually reach a profound certainty in the meaning of absolute truth."
Kyabje Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche.

This Friday, 10 November, 2017 is Lhabab Duechen - the celebration of Buddha's Descent from the Heavens after teaching Dharma to his mother and gods in the Heaven of the 33. This is one of the four main religious days on the Tibetan Buddhist calendar. Merit and demerit are multiplied 10 million times.

"Even if you practice only for an hour a day with faith and inspiration, good qualities will steadily increase. Regular practice makes it easy to transform your mind. From seeing only relative truth, you will eventually reach a profound certainty in the meaning of absolute truth."
Kyabje Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche.

"Even if you practice only for an hour a day with faith and inspiration, good qualities will steadily increase. Regular practice makes it easy to transform your mind. From seeing only relative truth, you will eventually reach a profound certainty in the meaning of absolute truth."
Kyabje Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche.